OFFICERS 



AND 



BY-LAWS 



OF "THE: 



roton Historical Society, 



Incorporated 1894. 



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WM. M. SARGENT, PRINTER, AYER. 



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OFFICERS 



President 
DR. SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN. 



Vice Presidents 

FRANCIS MARION BOUTWELL 

MOSES P. PALMER 

REV. GEORGE M. HOWE 



Clerk 
THOMAS LAWRENCE MOTLEY 



Treasurer 
ORA H. BINGHAM 



Librarian 
EMMA FRANCES BLOOD 



Historian 
GEORGIANNA ADELIA BOUTWELL 



Auditor 
APPLETON HOWE TORREY 



THE Groton Historical So( 
ETY desires to obtain, either 1 
purchase or gift, all books ai 
pamphlets written and published 1 
any former or present resident 
the town, and all publications rel 
tive to the town, or to any of i 
citizens, and also all historical reli 
relating to its history. 

The Society would be glad to r 
ceive any information in regard 
such books, pamphlets, or relic 
which will aid them in making the 
collection complete. 

Thomas Lawrence Motley, 

Clerk of the Groton Historic 

Society. 

Groton, August, 1904. 



COMMITTEES 



Committee on Membership 
GHOUC ETUHKRY .^ ^J^HY 

MICHAEL SHEEDY. Jr. 

ELLEN M. NEEDHAM 

Civil History 

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GEORGE JAMES BURNS 
GEORGE E. H. ABBOTT 



Educational History 

JOHN HART MANNL\G 

FRANCIS M. BOUTWELL 

MARCIA W. PARKHURST 



Ecclesiastical History 
REV. GEORGE M. HOWE 



War Histor}' 

MOSES POORE PALMER 
MARCIA WILLIAMS PARKHURST 
THOMAS L. MOTLEY 



Genealogy 
MARTHA L. PUTNAM 

GRACE H. BLOOD 
FRANCIS M. BOUTWELL 



Historical Relics 

LUCY MIRANDA BANCROFT ABBOTT 
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GEORGIANNA A. BOUTWELL 

SARAH PARKER SHATTUCK 

JENNIE L. BIGEJ.OW 

Publications 

GEORGIANNA ADELIA BOUTWELL 

JOSEPH A. SAUNDERS 

THOMAS L. MOTLEY 

DIRECTORS 



Dij. SAMULL~ABBOTT GREEN 

FRANCIS MARION BOUTWELL 

THOMAS LAWRENCE MOTLEY 

MOSES POORE PALMER 

EMMA FRANCIS BLOOD 

GEORGIANNA ADELIA BOUTWELL 

APPLETON HOWE TORREY 

ORA H. BINGHAM 
_ELLEN M. NEEDHAM 




BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

The Society shall be known as The Grc 
TON Historical Society. 



ARTICLE II. 

PURPOSES. 

The object of the Society shall be to co' 
lect and preserve manuscripts, printer 
books, pamphlets, historical facts, biograpl 
ical anecdotes, and historical relics, and t 
stimulate research into local historj^, espec 
ially of the towns included within the oris 
inal limits of Groton. 



ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any person who has at any time been 
resident of the old town of Groton whic 
includes in whole or in part Groton, Peppei 
ell, Shirley, Aver, Littleton, Harvarc 






Westford, and Dunstable in Massachusetts, 
and Nashua and Hollis in New Hampshire, 
may become a resident member by paying 
a membership fee of one dollar and a yearly 
fee of one dollar. 

Corresponding members may be elected 
from persons who have never been residents 
of the aforesaid towns. 

Applicants must be recommended by a 
majority of the committee on membership, 
and may be elected by a majority of mem- 
bers present and voting at any regular 
meeting. 



ARTICLE IV. 

OFFICERS. 

There shall be a President, three Vice- 
Presidents from Groton, and there may be 
one Vice-President from each town w^hich 
has a membership in the Society. 

There shall be a clerk, Treasurer, Librari- 
an, Historian, Auditor and a board of 
nine directors. 

All these officers shall be elected from res- 
ident members of the Society. 



ARTICLE V. 

COMMITTEES. 

There shall be a Committee on Member- 
ship on Civil History, on Ecclesiastical His- 
tory, on War History, on Educational His- 
tory, on Genealogy, on Historical Relics, 
and on Publications. 

ARTICLE VI. 

ELECTIONS. 

The several officers shall be elected at 
each annual meeting by ballot, and the 
several committees shall be chosen as the 
society shall elect. 



ARTICLE VII. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

The officers shall perform the duties us- 
ually performed by officers of similar socie- 
ties. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

MEETINGS. 

There shall be stated meetings the first 



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TnesdcU^ ill January, February, April and 
October of each 3'ear. 

The meeting in January to be the annual 
meeting, the meeting in October to be a 
held meeting. 

Special meetings can be called at any time 
by the President or Secretary. 



ARTICLE IX. 

QUORUM. 

A quorum shall b6 seven members for all 
purposes except for amending the By-Laws 
when a quorum shall be fifteen. Any num- 
ber may adjourn from time to time in case 
of no quorum. 

A majority of the members voting shall 
decide all questions. 



ARTICLE X. 

FEES. 

The 3'earh'^ fees shall be due at each annu- 
al meeting, and if payment is neglected for 
one year the person so neglecting shall cease 
to be a member. 



ARTICLE XL 

DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS. 

No money shall be paid out of the Treas- 
ury of the Society except upon the approval 
of the President, Secretary, and one Vice- 
President or a majority of them. 



ARTICLE XII. 

DUTIES OF DIRECTORS. 

Anv vacancy occurring in the board of 
directors from death, resignation, or in- 
ability of any director shall be filled b}^ the 
remaining members of the board at their 
next regular meeting, or at a special meet- 
ing called for said purpose before said 
regular meeting. 

There shall be regular meetings of the 
board of directors once in ever^^ three 
months upon such day as they shall select, 
and as much ofteneras thcA" may determine. 
Special meetings may be called at any time 
at the request of any two directors, pro- 
vided all the directors have notice therof or 
assent thereto in writing. At all meetings 



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a quorum shall consist of not less than 
three directors. 

The directors, as a board, or by com- 
mittees, shall have the management of the 
affairs of the Society, and are hereby in- 
vested with, all the powers that the cor- 
poration itself possesses, not incompatable 
with the provisions of these by-laws and 
the law^s of the Commonwealth. They 
shall have access to the books, vouchers, 
and funds of the treasurer ; shall fill all 
vacancies that may occur at any time 
during the year in any office; shall make for 
their own government such rules and regu- 
lations, not inconsistent with these by-laws, 
as they may think fit. The Clerk of the 
Society shall be clerk of the Directors also. 



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